The Ninth Meeting of the Mediterranean Wetlands Committee (MedWet/Com9) is planned to take place on 28 October 2009, Changwon, Republic of Korea in the framework of the 10th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention (COP10). Delegates to the upcoming meeting will discuss a number of issues including the report [...]

You are invited to a side event presenting films o­n Mediterranean wetlands at the 10th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention (COP10), Changwon, Republic of Korea. Organised by MedWet the screening will feature films that participated in the Ramsar MedWet film award organised in the framework of the Ecofilms [...]

Tour du Valat participated at the IUCN World Conservation Congress, 5- 14 October, Barcelona and organised a knowledge cafe o­n the project Observatory of Mediterranean wetlands. This workshop that took place on October 8th, provided the opportunity to present and discuss the project which has been developed with a host of partners including among others [...]

our du Valat is organizing a seminar o­n ‘Strategic diagnosis for management of wetlands of Amvrakikos, Greece’ o­n 20 October. Presented by Vassilis Spyratos (Ecole Nationale du Génie Rural, de l’Eau et des Forêts (ENGREF)) the Seminar will aim  to identify the water needs of wetland ecosystems in the Mediterranean particularly focusing o­n coastal wetlands [...]

Recently WWF published two reports, one on lessons from field projects (two involving Ramsar sites) and a guide to climate adaptation for freshwater wetlands. Managers and stakeholders in freshwater systems need to stop talking about adaptation to climate change and start doing it, WWF says. The Ramsar International Organisation Partner presented a series of case [...]